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Good gentles, I think I was the one with questions about the alto clef. Can I assume that the little doohicky between the two backward C s comes to a point

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, Apr 28, 2005

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Good gentles,

I think I was the one with questions about the alto clef. Can I
assume that the little doohicky between the two backward C's comes to a point on
whatever line is going to be C? (Boy, I should REALLY have paid more
attention in music theory class...) I can see that if C is always changing
its position on the staff from song to song, one could get better at sight
reading.

Yours in <sheepish and embarrassed> service,

Amy
Marie

P. S. And you're right: your Dr. A. was a cruel and evil
person.

Karen Kasper

... Correct. The same is true of tenor clef, which uses the same clef symbol as the alto but locates it a third higher on the staff. Here s a website with a

> Can I assume that
> the little doohicky between the two backward C's comes to a point on
> whatever line is going to be C?

Correct. The same is true of tenor clef, which uses the same clef
symbol as the alto but locates it a third higher on the staff. Here's
a website with a nice graphic illustrating the alto clef's placement.

I always thought of it as a fancy 3, but yes - the center point is C. That s why it s so handy! You can move it anywhere and know where C is. Niamh (who

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, Apr 28, 2005

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I always thought of it as a fancy 3, but yes - the center point is C. That's why it's so handy! You can move it anywhere and know where C is.

Niamh (who didn't pay much attention in Music Theory, either!)

scarlets1@... wrote:

Good gentles,

I think I was the one with questions about the alto clef. Can I assume that the little doohicky between the two backward C's comes to a point on whatever line is going to be C? (Boy, I should REALLY have paid more attention in music theory class...) I can see that if C is always changing its position on the staff from song to song, one could get better at sight reading.

Yours in <sheepish and embarrassed> service,

Amy Marie

P. S. And you're right: your Dr. A. was a cruel and evil person.

"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon

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